Contents. 1  Muscle hypertonicity: Causes. 2  Muscle hypertonicity: Introduction. 3  Muscle hypertonicity: Add a 2nd Symptom. 4  Muscle hypertonicity and Body symptoms (5 causes) 5  Muscle hypertonicity and Breathing difficulties (5 causes) 6  Muscle hypertonicity and Hyperactive deep tendon reflexes (5 causes)
What is ectropion? Ectropion is an abnormality of the eyelids in which the lower eyelid rolls outward or is everted. This causes the lower eyelids to appear droopy. Ectropion exposes the delicate conjunctival tissues that line the inner surface of the eyelids and cover the eyeball, causing drying of the tissues, resulting in conjunctivitis.
Autotroph. Definition. noun, plural: autotrophs. A organism capable of making nutritive organic molecules from inorganic sources via photosynthesis (involving light energy) or chemosynthesis (involving chemical energy). Supplement. Autotrophs are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water.Autotrophs may be photoautotrophs or chemoautotrophs. Word origin: from the Greek autos = self and trophe = nutrition. Related forms: atotrophic (adjective). Synonyms: 1  autophyte. organism capable of making nutritive organic molecules from inorganic sources via photosynthesis (involving light energy) or chemosynthesis (involving chemical energy). Supplement. Autotrophs are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water.